Team Liquor Wine & Spirits

A liquor store with a small selection of overpriced alcohol — basically everything you don’t want in liquor store.
I stopped here after work because I had to pick up a gift and didn’t have much time. It was an in and out stop and even if I had time I would not stay in TL. The crowd is so sketchy that at 5:30 pm I was scared for my safety as customers, probably regulars, kept staring at me as I paid.
The only reason I would come back is if they started to sell t-​shirts with «Team Liquor».

The ID checker was not really recognizable as an employee of the store. If you have a guy out front checking ID and don’t give him a store t-​shirt or something and he looks kind of groaty, I’m gonna think he’s a bum when his request for ID starts with «can I bother you for…»
But inside is great, not that big of a selection compared to some stores but since I usually buy the same, widely available items it doesn’t bother me much.
Also, the guy who rang me up was really nice and efficient, which was nice as I only put 15 minutes in the meter.

This place is open late which is the best thing I can say about it. Looks like a good beer selection, wine choices were limited and had a high mark up, but you could find something if you were not to picky. If you want a bottle of wine or beer without bar prices and it is after 8pm this is the only choice in downtown. Evidently there is a new law that requires them to card you on entry and this is done in a reasonable manner. They then card you again upon purchase. The clerk decided we were to slow in producing ID and stated she wasn’t selling to us. WTF? Two sober business people dressed as such that were buying two bottles of wine for close to $ 50 and you aren’t going to process the sale? The manager did agree to the sale but we left feeling very disrespected. Won’t be back.

Beware of old beer. It’s nearly August, yet the Shorewood store is selling Two Brothers Outlaw Ale with a best by date of Dec. 2012. Who does this? I walked out without buying anything as I could not trust the beer without a date.

This reviews pertains mostly to the Shorewood location that was recently opened. Over charged me twice in three days, both times didn’t realize until I got home, so I had to return to the establishment to get a refund. Way overpriced, it seems like they just arbitrarily mark everything up thinking that you the consumer is stupid and will not notice. Also, noticed that they charged me «Coon Rapids tax» in Shorewood, 30 miles away from Coon Rapids, so who knows how much additional money I have lost. There are many other options in the area, but if you must go here check your receipt before you leave!!!

Not bad. I had a groupon for $ 40. I got a bottle of scotch, which was quite good. I would come back if I had another groupon. Also, I wasn’t hassled by any unsavory characters, which was good. Pretty good selection of most boozes and beer. I didn’t pay attention to the wines. They even had a bottle of Dom Perignon laying around.

Katharine is right– holy sketchy. We bought 2 of the crowd cut coupons for this place and luckily we were able to each use one during our visit because I have no intention of going back! The patrons were mostly homeless-​looking/​very elderly/​appeared to be on drugs. I’m not exaggerating, these people were scar-​y.
That said, the 2 stars are only because of the atmosphere. They had a perfectly fine selection and actually a LOT more wine than I was expecting. Unfortunately though, we went at 9:00pm on a Thursday and the only parking in the area was the adjacent garage which cost us $ 5.

Way overpriced, no decent rums. Service is friendly, and the place is handy if you are staying in a downtown hotel. If you have a neighborhood liquor store, go there instead.

The hotel happy hour ended long ago and the conference that brought us to the hotel wasn’t providing free drinks at the second of the two organization-​sponsored evening social events, so I needed to find myself a place to buy some alcohol in the middle of downtown Minneapolis. Thankfully, Team Liquor came to my rescue.
Seriously: how amazing of a name is that? And I’m not even a «real» sports person; I’m a long-​distance runner. How could I *not* check this place out?
Word to the wise: the crowd is super sketch. But hey, I don’t judge (or, rather, I do make evaluations, but don’t necessarily attribute normative weight to them), and I actually didn’t see any panhandlers as mentioned in the 2008 review by Kevin M. I was with three other people and no one bothered me. Perhaps it would have been different had I been alone.
I by no means am a connoisseur, but Team Liquor’s selection seemed to be just right for a small store, although they had a grand total of five white wines for me to choose among, which was a disappointment. But then they also had refrigerated diet tonic water, so I’m cutting them some slack.
So… if you’re in a tight spot and need to get your drink on not at a restaurant or bar, Team Liquor might just fit the bill.

Yes, I realize my last two reviews have been of liquor stores. Fine. I’m a drunk. But I felt so slighted by this place that I have to respond. The other day I got out of work too late to make it back to my neighborhood hooch shop (see my favorable review of Union Liquor — Directly below this one on my page), so before leaving downtown I quickly ran up the block to Team Liquor. I used to go there when they were Witt’s, and I remembered them being pretty reasonable.
I’m sorry, but putting up a hip new myspace page, laying some nice new tile on the floor and writing a new name on the sign out front does not entitle you to charge these prices. Especially with the higher sales tax in the downtown zone. We already have a Haskel’s, guys, and their wine selection is the Veuve Clicquot to your Tott’s. The staff is friendly, but the gaggle of panhandlers out front is borderline hostile. A liter of Windsor ends up costing me almost twenty dollars? Well, it’s been nice knowing you, Team Liquor, but I won’t be adding you to my Myspace friend list any time soon.